The Number of the Beast

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heavy metal album studio album

The Number of the Beast is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its powerful vocals, twin-guitar harmonies, and controversial, apocalyptic themes.

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Number of the Beast 1

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instanceOf heavy metal album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
certificationUK Platinum ⓘ
certificationUS Platinum ⓘ
chartPositionUK 1 ⓘ
considered landmark heavy metal album ⓘ
containsMusicalFeature high-pitched vocals ⓘ
twin-guitar harmonies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
featuresBassist Steve Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Eddie (Iron Maiden mascot) NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresDrummer Clive Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresGuitarist Adrian Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dave Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresVocalist Bruce Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Piece of Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre heavy metal ⓘ
hasCoverArtBy Derek Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart 22 Acacia Avenue ⓘ
Children of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gangland ⓘ
Hallowed Be Thy Name NERFINISHED ⓘ
Invaders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Run to the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Number of the Beast (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Prisoner NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later heavy metal bands ⓘ
influencedGenre New Wave of British Heavy Metal NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 40 minutes ⓘ
notableSong Hallowed Be Thy Name NERFINISHED ⓘ
Run to the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Number of the Beast (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1982-03-22 ⓘ
performer Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Martin Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedIn 1982 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
EMI ⓘ
Harvest Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor commercial breakthrough for Iron Maiden ⓘ
first Iron Maiden album with Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist ⓘ
theme apocalyptic imagery ⓘ
occult references ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ

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Iron Maiden → notableWork → The Number of the Beast ⓘ
Iron Maiden → notableSong → The Number of the Beast ⓘ
Damien Thorn → symbolAssociatedWith → The Number of the Beast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Number of the Beast
Bruce Dickinson → notableWork → The Number of the Beast ⓘ